单词 | parading |
释义 | paradingn. The action of parade v. (in various senses); spec. the action of displaying oneself ostentatiously; showing off. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > making a display strutting1399 pluming1486 swashing1556 flantado1582 showing forth1615 jetting1654 parading1686 flaunting1729 showing off1822 peacocking1837 swanking1900 society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade monstrisonc1230 parado1625 parade1649 paradingc1817 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 208 The Parading Place [Fr. place d'armes] that is before it, serves also for a publick meeting Place. 1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity in E. Moore Fables 161 Then all for parking, and parading, Coquetting, dancing, masquerading. 1765 C. Smart Phædrus viii. 28 I value not thy gasconading, Nor all thy alamode parading. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xv. 287 Emma had not to listen to such paradings again—to any so exclusively addressed to herself—so disgustingly decorated with a ‘dear Miss Woodhouse’. View more context for this quotation c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches I. 86 There was a great deal of parading, and noise..of beating drums. 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. Feb. 191/3 For her the toiling and spinning, for him the beer and skittles; for her the sheepwalk of precedent and the stocking of virtue, for him the paradings and prancings. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 54/2 There are several pricey tapas bars and restaurants with outdoor tables where you can linger with a café con leche to watch the parading of the Madridleños. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paradingadj. That parades (in various senses); (formerly) spec. †showing off, given to display (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > specifically of persons jettingc1450 ruffling1543 strutting1577 ostentatious1658 flashy1693 parading1741 show-away1776 flash1785 slangy1850 peacocking1873 figuresome1884 fluttersome1895 posey1933 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > going on foot > walking for amusement or display promenading1792 parading1902 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlviii. 298 Your Ladyship, I hope, will excuse this parading Freedom of my Pen. 1751 S. Richardson 11 July in Sel. Lett. 185 Why will you..pay so ill a compliment to the power of your sex, as is implied by your favour to this same parading girl? 1777 F. Burney Jrnl. July in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 274 She is parading, & tolerably uncultivated as to books. 1816 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revel. (1830) vii. 284 It may have been a piece of parading insignificance. 1902 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 8/2 The parading bands are now passing along in silence. 1991 R. Schwartz tr. I. B. Singer Scum iv. 148 He looked at the..parading couples, the Jews..who were undoubtedly going to the Hasidic studyhouses for their prayers, followed by young boys with curly sidelocks. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb] boggishlya1375 with great renowna1400 jettingly1440 flourishingly?1545 rufflingly1575 flaunt-a-flaunt1576 peacock-like1576 peacockwise1577 peacockly1580 aflaunt1584 vauntingly1593 wealth boastingly1593 prankingly1610 fastuously1654 ostentativelya1658 ostentously1665 ostentatiously1671 showily1755 violently1771 paradingly1792 peacockically1834 peacockishly1834 pretentiously1848 ostensibly1855 slangily1858 peacocky1860 splurgily1887 swankily1924 glitzily1982 1792 F. Burney Jrnl. Sept. (1972) I. 228 We were most affectionately welcomed by Mrs. Hawkins, & most paradingly by il caro sposo. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 96 All that the spirit of liberty had honoured, were protected and brought paradingly forward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686adj.1741 |
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